Email Author Paul D. Kretkowski

1996 Stories by Paul D. Kretkowski

• Don't Tread on Meat

  published October 9, 1996

  They say that every dog has its day. In this reputedly liberal college town, maybe that old chestnut should be amended to include hot dogs. ... More >>

• Dog Bites

  published August 28, 1996

  Divorce, Doctor Style Consumer advocate and presidential candidate Ralph Nader drew first blood last week in the war of the stethoscopes... More >>

• Beating Swords Into Tourist Shares

  published August 21, 1996

  Ten years after then-Mayor Dianne Feinstein's dream of home-porting the USS Missouri in San Francisco was shot down, some of the same players are... More >>

• Masters of Disaster

  published March 20, 1996

  During the windstorms and deluge of mid-December, felled trees, smashed windows, coursing minifloods, and downed power lines pushed the city... More >>

• The Laborer-Saving Device

  published January 24, 1996

  Boy sounds pissed -- tired of being ignored, tired of begging, tired of being broke. Might be nice to just go home and rest, quit panhandling for... More >>

• Dog Bites

  published January 10, 1996

  The Needle and the Damage Done Seven weeks ago, the AIDS and harm-reduction communities were rocked by the untimely death of UCSF... More >>